The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-09-13

of Runnymede, to claim our share of
the glories Of Senlac and Bosworth
Field? These. and thousand other
glorious memories OF battles and con-
quests for right and liberty, are our
/ common heritage. The lines of our
greatest progress as a people, all lead
back 10 England; the springs of our
highest and noblest endeavors in the
domain of science, literature, and
philanthropy may be traced back to
the same source. We are q great
and mighty nation, more than cen
fury old, but 1t is not for Us to dis
dam the land of our forefathers, the
country TO which we owe so many in
spiratons and aspirations that make
rs what we are. And what England
has been TO Us in the past, she will in
some degree ever continue TO be.
The lines of our national destiny
which at times have seemed TO be
diverging, are now, we believe, draw
ing nearer together. 1t Is reserved
for England and America, first Of all,
TO solve the darkest problems of
human society and governments to
lead the world in the advancement of
charity, philanthropy, and pure re
igion"
Thus does the great Anglo-Ameri-
can Republic sympathize and rejoice
with the British Anglo-Saxon mother
IN the joint peace and prosperity of
all their sons and daughters, and
unite together in the prayer and the
hope that they may be perpetual.
1t Is estimated that the English
Language, now the language of COM
merce, Is spoken by about one hun
dred millions Of people, forty millions
in Great Britain and It's dependen
cies, and sixty millions in. the United
States and its territories, and Its use
Is spreading wider and wider through |
continents and islands, wherever Its !
commerce comes, and the British and |
Anglo-American Empires are wider |
than the use OF the language.
1t may interest the reader to note |
the extent OF the Anglo-Saxon En- !
pire and Its growth, and the growth /
Of Its population from Its infancy.
The Saxon chief Cerdic, established /
the kingdom of Wessex NOW Hamp
toni in A. d. 495, he and his success
sors gradually driving the Britons
intoWsles, Egbert, Cerdic, descendent
the 9th IN succession was the first
king of England, having succeeded
IN consolidating the seven small
Saxon kingdoms called the heptarchy
under his own authority in the year
S2T. He was grandfather of the great
Alfred. The Danes invaded. harass
ed and conquered the Saxon King
dom Of England. though they at no
time held possession long, at time,
for the next two hundred years, I'M
III the conquest by William the Nor
man IN the year 1U66.
The Britons were mostly driven
into Wales and the infusion OF the
Cymbric Celtic blood into the Saxon
was much less than that of the Dan
sh and Norman element. which in
with the Anglo and the
Saxon, were branches Of the Teutonic
.amily. Queen Victoria, as DR.. Mac
lenne says IN his Jubilee Grafton be
ore the Britons Of San Francisco rs
he direct descendant OF 1000 years
If royal birth" True. in the course
If human mutations her direct line
las not always been the reigning
inc. but it IS an unbroken chain from
lngland's first sole king. through
trough royal families and noble
-ouses till now. touching in its course
nd passing through. most of Its
oval Houses as well as some Of the
oyal Houses Of Scotland and other
European sovereignties. When Egg
,ert q thousand years ago consoli-
lated the seven Saxon Kingdoms Of
England into one, the whole popula-
ion could scarcely have reached one
nd q half millions and the whole
erritory embraced about $1,000 50.
niles, and these have formed the nu-
leus Of the Anglo-Saxon Empire,
9th Of the old and new world.
An author says that until 1901 the
concerning the number
I the population was vague and IN
satisfactory, but still the following
stimates are found are found.